德国林学家芬次尔在华事略

德国林学家芬次尔是民国时期来华工作的著名外国专家之一。他先后在国立中山大学、西北农林专科学校任教,参与了这两所大学林场的创建,同时也为粤陕等省的林业建设以及水土保持工作作出了巨大的贡献。他的足迹遍及粤、琼、浙、陕、甘、青、宁、川等省,在人工育苗、造林、保护天然林、林业行政组织、林业法规、水土保持等方面发表了数十篇论文,将德国的林业科学带入了中国。芬次尔一生热爱中国,为中国的林业发展殚精竭虑,并最终长眠在了中华大地。

Biographical Sketch of German Forester Fenzel in China

Fenzel,a German forester,is one of the famous foreign experts who has worked in Republic of China. In the spring of 1927,he was invited to teach in the Department of Forestry at Sun Yat-sen University by Tai Chi-tao,the president of the university. Besides teaching,he was also in charge of forest planting in Baiyun Mountain and constructed the first model forestry center there. Due to his achievement in foresting planting,he was appointed as the deputy director of the Forestry Service Department of Guangdong Province. He investigated natural forests and drew up forest laws for Guangdong. He went back to Germany in 1930. Then,in 1932,he came to China for the second time and taught at Northwest Agricultural and Forestry Academy. He took part in the foundation of forestry centers there and made great contribution to forestry,soil and water conservation in Shaanxi Province. He also framed forestation plans for some provinces in northwest China. His footprints were left in many provinces,such as Guangdong,Zhejiang,Shaanxi,Gansu,Ningxia,Qinghai and Sichuan. He passed away in Shaanxi and was buried in Lianhu Park of Xi＇An. Based on some works of Fenzel and previous research about him,this paper gives a brief introduction to him to commemorate the great forester.